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The UN said All sides in northern Ethiopia' conflict are committing "severe human rights violations," and thousands of protesters demonstrated against Tunisian President Kais Saied in the capital on Friday, expressing opposition to his seizure of power.

VOA's Sonny Young brings you the latest sports news and trends as well as questions and comments from sports fans around Africa and the world.

John Fortier, resident scholar at The American Enterprise Institute, and Jim Kessler, executive vice president for policy at Third Way, take stock of US President Joe Biden’s first year in office. Despite his major accomplishments, including the Covid-19 relief bill and bipartisan infrastructure legislation, a couple of conservative Democrats in the evenly split Senate have thus far stymied Biden’s hopes for passing voting rights and “Build Back Better” legislation before the end of 2021...

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson and senior reporter for Marketplace, Nancy Marshall-Genzer about the top stories of the week, including the importance of President Joe Biden signing legislation to raise the country's debt limit, divisions in the Democratic party over Biden's Build Back Better bill, the impact of inflation on consumers and its effect on Biden's presidency, the significance of U.S. lawmakers voting to hold former White Ho...

Host Carol Castiel speaks with the director of the “Governance Lab” and Northeastern University professor, Beth Simone Noveck, about her new book “Solving Public Problems: A Practical Guide to Fix Our Government and Change Our World.” On this encore edition, Noveck tells VOA that citizens and governments can leverage digital technology, data, and the collective wisdom of communities to create solutions to contemporary problems from the Covid-19 pandemic to climate change to social inequa...

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson and senior reporter for Marketplace, Nancy Marshall-Genzer about the top stories of the week, including the importance of President Joe Biden signing legislation to raise the country's debt limit, divisions in the Democratic party over Biden's Build Back Better bill, the impact of inflation on consumers and its effect on Biden's presidency, the significance of U.S. lawmakers voting to hold former White Ho...

Host Carol Castiel speaks with the director of the “Governance Lab” and Northeastern University professor, Beth Simone Noveck, about her new book “Solving Public Problems: A Practical Guide to Fix Our Government and Change Our World.” On this encore edition, Noveck tells VOA that citizens and governments can leverage digital technology, data, and the collective wisdom of communities to create solutions to contemporary problems from the Covid-19 pandemic to climate change to social inequa...

Host Carol Castiel speaks with the director of the “Governance Lab” and Northeastern University professor, Beth Simone Noveck, about her new book “Solving Public Problems: A Practical Guide to Fix Our Government and Change Our World.” On this encore edition, Noveck tells VOA that citizens and governments can leverage digital technology, data, and the collective wisdom of communities to create solutions to contemporary problems from the Covid-19 pandemic to climate change to social inequa...

Moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson and senior reporter for Marketplace, Nancy Marshall-Genzer about the top stories of the week, including the importance of President Joe Biden signing legislation to raise the country's debt limit, divisions in the Democratic party over Biden's Build Back Better bill, the impact of inflation on consumers and its effect on Biden's presidency, the significance of U.S. lawmakers voting to hold former White Ho...

Host Carol Castiel speaks with the director of the “Governance Lab” and Northeastern University professor, Beth Simone Noveck, about her new book “Solving Public Problems: A Practical Guide to Fix Our Government and Change Our World.” On this encore edition, Noveck tells VOA that citizens and governments can leverage digital technology, data, and the collective wisdom of communities to create solutions to contemporary problems from the Covid-19 pandemic to climate change to social inequa...